Drivers who paid a $1 toll to use the express toll lanes during peak commute hours between January and March saved an average of five minutes of travel time compared to folks in the regular lanes, according to WSDOT reports.

This is for folks who drive the full 15-mile corridor in the toll lanes. The benefits look a bit different if you’re not.

From Highway 522 in Bothell south to Bellevue, the state added an additional lane and uses it as a second toll lane. The number of lanes remained the same at the north end, between Highway 522 and the I-5 interchange in Lynnwood, with one lane for tolling.

Coming north into Snohomish County, five lanes of traffic now squeeze into three.

Drivers heading north in the afternoon saved six minutes compared to the regular lanes in the dual-toll lane section and eight minutes in the single-lane section. Roughly speaking, that meant a driver going the full 15 miles was paying 57 cents per minute in the dual-lane section and 43 cents per minute through Snohomish County up to I-5.

In the morning, going south, the averages worked out to 45 cents per minute from I-5 to Highway 522 and $1.05 per minute in the dual-lane section heading into Bellevue.

All of these numbers are based on travel before the northbound shoulder was open to drivers north of Highway 527.